aquaHALT ICE – Ice Makers

The aquaHALT ICE is an automatic shut-off valve for your refrigerator’s ice maker line. It uses the same technology as the aquaHALT 2X, only with 1/4″ adapters, so it connects easily to your existing plumbing fittings under the kitchen sink, where the ice maker’s water feed usually starts. When water reaches its floor sensor, it shuts off the water to the ice maker and beeps.

In the box: the aquaHALT unit, a leak detection sensor, a 1/4″ x 1/4″ water supply hose and two AA batteries. You’ll also need a small adjustable wrench and a small level. The sensor connects to the unit by a wire, and there’s no Wi-Fi, no app and no subscription. Assembled in the USA, U.S. Patent No. 10,895,068.

Installing it, in short: close the water supply valve under the kitchen sink. If water still gets through it when it’s closed, have a plumber replace it first. Open the sink’s cold faucet to drain most of the water from the lines. Unscrew the ice maker feed from the adapter tee, connect the new 1/4″ hose from the unit to that tee, then connect the ice maker feed to the other side of the unit, snug but not overtightened. Mount the unit on the wall under the sink, leaving the hoses enough slack not to kink. Set the sensor so it touches the floor, behind or next to the ice maker or on the bottom of the refrigerator near its base, where a level shows leaking water would run. Plug in the sensor, add the batteries and turn the water back on.

To test it, hold the power button for 3 seconds, press “open” to let water through to the ice maker, then put a little water under the sensor. It beeps and stops the water. Dry the sensor and press “open” again. It also sounds an alert when the batteries run low. Every step is in the aquaHALT ICE installation manual (PDF), and you can also watch the ICE installation video.

What it catches: water on the floor where the sensor sits, behind or next to the ice maker or at the bottom of the refrigerator near its base. If water from the ice maker line reaches the sensor, the ICE shuts off the ice maker’s water and beeps. A drip that stays inside the fridge or inside a wall never reaches the sensor, so the ICE won’t react to it.

One ICE protects one ice maker line, so a second ice maker needs a second unit.

If it isn’t right for you, you have 30 days to return it. Return shipping is on you unless the unit is defective or damaged, and we replace a defective unit free, shipping included. Our return policy has the details.